Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 262
"Leave this place first, and go back to the county government to discuss in detail." Zhang Xuan put away the note, hesitated and said: "By the way, take this corpse back to Yizhuang."

Chang Feng and Xiao Wu nodded, leaving a few yamen servants to deal with the aftermath, and returned to the yamen.

"Brother Zhang, what does this sentence mean?" Xiao Wu asked curiously as soon as he returned to the county office.

Zhang Xuanming thought for a moment, then said: "My lord means..."

Just as he spoke, there was a sudden shout from outside the yamen: "The imperial decree has arrived, and the magistrate of Zhengyang County will accept it!"

With a call like a male duck, an eunuch, escorted by several guards, came to the main hall quickly.

Zhang Xuanming and others were taken aback immediately, they looked at each other, hurried out of the main hall, knelt down to accept the order.

When the Xuanzhi eunuch saw someone kneeling down to greet him, he unfolded the imperial decree and read: "By heaven, the emperor ordered: Li Canghai, the magistrate of Zhengyang County, is wise and brave, and has repeatedly solved strange cases. He is a meritorious minister. I am very pleased and wrote Li Canghai Go to Luoyang to receive the reward, and the decree will be done as soon as it arrives, hereby!"

After reading the decree, the eunuch looked at the three people kneeling in front of him and asked, "Which one of you is the magistrate of Zhengyang County, why don't you accept the decree and thank you?"

Zhang Xuan said with a distressed face: "Back to Eunuch, the county magistrate is in a coma now, unable to come out to receive the order, I hope Eunuch will make amends."

"Oh? He's in a coma?" The eunuch Xuanzhi frowned, and said displeasedly, "The Holy Majesty's decree, Li Canghai's decree will be done as soon as it arrives, but you say he's in a coma now?"

Seeing that the Xuanzhi eunuch didn't believe it, Zhang Xuanming hesitated for a while and said, "If you don't believe me, father-in-law, you can come and take a look with me."

The eunuch Xuanzhi nodded. After all, the imperial decree was to be issued to the magistrate of Zhengyang County, so no matter what, he had to meet the magistrate of Zhengyang County himself.

Zhang Xuan ordered him to lead the way, and soon came to Li Canghai's room, pointing to the man lying on the bed and said: "Eunuch, this is my lord."

The eunuch Xuanzhi walked to the bed and saw that Li Canghai's complexion was sallow and bloodless, like a dead person, he couldn't help being a little surprised.

"What's wrong with Zhengyang county magistrate?" Xuanzhi eunuch asked.

"My lord was assassinated, and his body was poisoned, and he hasn't woken up for several days." Zhang Xuan buried his face and wept.

"Forget it, if that's the case, then the Sa family will go back and return to order." After confirming that Li Canghai was unconscious, the Xuanzhi eunuch put down the imperial edict, turned and left the county office.

After the Xuanzhi eunuch left, Chang Feng had a mixed expression of sadness and joy on his face, and sighed: "Your Excellency has repeatedly solved strange cases, and was finally appreciated by the Holy Majesty, but now he is unconscious. It's God's will."

Xiao Wu didn't seem to care about this matter, his mind was still on the note in the kit, and asked: "Brother Zhang, you said before that you knew the meaning of the note left by the lord, but I don't know what it means?"

Just now Zhang Xuanming was about to tell them clearly, but was interrupted by the eunuch Xuanzhi who came suddenly. At this moment, he thought of this matter and hurriedly asked.

Zhang Xuanming's face suddenly became solemn at this time, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression was serious: "Now things have become complicated."

Xiao Wu looked at him suspiciously, not understanding what it meant.

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth in the room without saying a word.

Xiao Wu and Chang Feng saw that his brows were tightly furrowed, but they didn't know what he was thinking, so they felt at a loss.

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth, and after a while, he suddenly turned around and looked at Li Canghai who was lying on the bed, with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, he suddenly had an idea.

He walked to the bed and grabbed Li Canghai's wrist. The two thought he was checking Li Canghai's pulse, so they didn't care.

However, no one noticed that Zhang Xuan still held a thin silver needle in his hand.

"No, sir is critically ill!" Zhang Xuanming suddenly shouted.

Hearing this, Xiao Wu and Chang Feng both jumped up at the same time, and hurried to the bed.

I saw Zhang Xuanming quickly took out the silver needles and continued to inject needles on Li Canghai, but Li Canghai did not move at all.

Xiao Wu tremblingly stretched out his finger and poked it in front of Li Canghai's nose, then retracted it instantly as if he was electrocuted, his face immediately turned dead gray.

"What's the matter, Xiao Wu?" Chang Feng asked eagerly.

Xiao Wu's body trembled, two lines of tears suddenly rolled down from the corners of his eyes, he choked up and said, "My lord...he, he's gone!"

These words were like a bolt from the blue, Chang Feng felt his mind go blank, and he muttered to himself: "This is impossible, my lord... how could he die?"

Suddenly, Chang Feng grabbed Zhang Xuanming by the collar and shouted: "Zhang Xuanming, I order you to save my lord! How could my lord die? This is impossible!"

Zhang Xuanming sighed and said: "My lord's toxin has already infiltrated into the bone marrow. I have tried my best to prolong your life. I am just a doctor, not a god. Without an antidote, I am powerless."

"Fart! Didn't you say 'a needle hangs your life, and the king of Hades retreats'? Why does your lord still die!" Chang Feng roared angrily, his eyes bloodshot, like a mad lion.

Zhang Xuanming didn't speak, but heaved a long sigh.

Xiao Wu hastily stepped forward and said, "Brother Chang, don't get excited. Brother Zhang has already done his best, this is how adults deserve to be, and there is nothing we can do about it!"

Chang Feng's tiger eyes were wide open, and two lines of hot tears suddenly flowed out. He let go of Zhang Xuanming, knelt on the ground suddenly, and cried: "My lord, Chang Feng hasn't repaid your kindness yet, why did you go like this? My lord !"

Chang Feng wailed for a while, and suddenly seemed to think of something, he jumped up suddenly, and roared in a low voice: "Damn Dongying people, I always swear that I will find you out and avenge your lord!"

As he said that, Chang Feng suddenly rushed out of the room as if going crazy.

Xiao Wu looked at Chang Feng's back, shook his head with a wry smile, turned to Zhang Xuanming and said, "My lord once avenged Brother Chang for killing his sister, so Brother Chang has always regarded you as a benefactor, and he didn't intend to offend you just now. You, I hope Brother Zhang will not blame you."

"He is a bloody man with clear grievances and grievances. I did not heal my lord well, so how could I blame him?" Zhang Xuanming sighed: "He is right, my 'one needle hangs my life' The title is really not worthy of the name, so don't worry about it."

Xiao Wu looked at Li Canghai who was lying on the bed, and suddenly grabbed Zhang Xuanming's clothes, and said seriously, "Brother Zhang, is your lord really dead?"

Zhang Xuanming was stunned for a moment, his brows were slightly frowned, but soon relaxed, and said: "If you don't believe me, you can go and check it yourself."

Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment, then grabbed Li Canghai's wrist, his pulse was still and there was no sign of beating.

"There is no pulse, breath, don't you believe it?" Zhang Xuanming said.

Xiao Wu took a deep look at him, then at Li Canghai, and fell silent.

Zhang Xuanming looked at Xiao Wu, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Little Wu, I know it's hard for you to accept this, but this is the fact, the lord is dead. The most important thing right now is to arrange the affairs of the lord behind him, Let the adults go to the ground in peace."

(End of this chapter)